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Jim Tananbaum is a well-recognized and skillful entrepreneur who went Yale University and attained a B.S and B.S.E.E and also went to Harvard Medical School and attained M.S. apart from attending that University he as well got an M.B.A from Harvard Business School and lastly an M.S from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Due to his experience and expertise which he got from school is what made him hold the top position in numerous companies as the Advisory Board of Harvard-MIT HST program and Yale’s President Advisory Council. Jim Tananbaum also is the main founder of Foresite Capital which he has managed for a long time.

Due to his knowledge, he has for more than 25 years in healthcare, entrepreneur and also as an investor it has made him transform people lives and enabled them to live a better life. His management skill made him develop the company to be one of the best in the world. Furthermore, his extraordinary technique that he generates in the health industry is what makes him unique. At the company, he also acts as the Chief Architect of Foresite Capital Investment Company which his main work is to provide new strategy inventive ways that will make the company grow.

He as well is part of the co-founder of numerous biopharmaceutical Institute and also healthcare investment. GelTex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: GENZ), is one of the pharmaceuticals that he started when he completed Harvard University in Medical and Business Schools and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The pharmaceutical introduced medicine which was to two for approximately $80 million. Furthermore, in the year 1998, he was able to sell the pharmaceutical which is a leading drug manufacturer for $1.6 billion. Other organizations which he served are Therevance as the co-founder and as the CEO too. In order to provide better services he connected Inc and Innovative (NASDAQ: INVA) and Therevance and they were able to make $3.2 billion.

Prospect Venture Partners II and III he was the founding partner and also a partner at Sierra Ventures which he is talented in making heath care investment planning. He always ensures that he attends fully to his clients.

The founder of and chief executive officer at Creative Capital, Chris Burch was interviewed by Lynn Fosse of CEOCFO magazine. Mr. Burch was asked about his company and what direction he is looking to take his firm in the future. This interview was published on May 29th on the web. A short synopsis of the interview between Fosse and Burch is found below.

The first question asked of Chris Burch was what is the approach he uses at his firm. For an in-depth look at Burch’s Creative Capital, check burchcreativecapital.com.

Burch responded by saying that he looks for creative and disruptive ideas that have the power to change people’s lives. His firm actively looks for and supports highly creative people who have the ability come up with ideas that can be scaled on a global level.

The next question given to Chris Burch of Creative Capital was what is his driving philosophy and how has it evolved over time. The driving force of his venture capital business is entrepreneurship and the search for new market opportunities. This philosophy is then combined with incubation, networking, investment and guidance to create a disruptive business or even an entirely new brand.

CEOCFO Magazine senior editor, Lynn Fosse then inquired what Chris Burch believes goes into building a successful company. He also asked what has Chris Burch learned that may seem out of the ordinary during his business career. Burch’s response to these two questions was just ask good questions and listen well to the answers. He says that you have to ask a lot of questions. Then he says you should break down the answers to your original questions with more questions. Eventually, you get a pretty good idea on what a business, proposal or idea is all about. Burch also says to never be afraid of asking someone a question. For Burch recent timeline activities, click on crunchbase.com.